Building Their Body Of Ignorance

(I work in a nutrition shop. There’s a female bodybuilding meathead we sponsored who comes by every week for her free supplements. I have only been working here for three weeks, but this is the first shift I work where she happens to come in for her supplements. Also, because of my heritage, some people claim I look Arabian.)

Bodybuilder: *at me* “So, where are you from, if you don’t mind me asking?”

Me: “Oh, I was born and raised here in Texas.”

Bodybuilder: *to my coworker* “Do you believe him?! He looks like one of them terrorists on TV!”

Me: “Um, no, ma’am. My mother is from Mexico.”

Bodybuilder: *to my coworker* “Listen! He’s got a white people accent! It’s weird!”

Me: “…”